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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Love in La Terraza - Ethan Day #mm #sex #romance

Welcome to BRB, everyone! My guest today is the hugely talented mm author Ethan Day.And, as a special treat Ethan will give away two copies of 'Love in La Terraza'! Love the cover. If you'd like a chance to win a copy of LLT please leave your name and email address in the comment section of this post. Thank you for being here, Ethan! All the best. :)

What genre
do your currently write? And, is there a genre you'd like to write, but haven't
tried yet?

I currently write mainly contemporary gay romance, mostly romantic
comedy, but I’m venturing out into other sub-genres like mystery and
paranormal, with a little time travel mixed in.

Many authors
use a nom de plume, and they may use one opposite to their own sex. Do you
think an author's sex or sexual orientation should dictate what genre they
write?

Absolutely not. A good writer is a good writer. That’s like telling
an actor who is gay in real life that they’re incapable of convincingly playing
a heterosexual role. It’s just silly to me.

Some authors
have issues with character development, writer's block, plot summary etc. What
is the biggest challenge you face when writing? How do you overcome the
problem?

I’m sure I do have writers block. I sometimes wonder if that is
part of the reason I’ll go months w/o being able to write. Sometimes it’s about
the need to re-charge the creative battery. In the first six months of 2012, I
finished a rewrite and went through a hefty editing process for A Token of
Time, finished writing Second Time Lucky, co-wrote To Catch a Fox
with Geoff Knight and wrote Love in La Terraza. That was a lot for a six-month
block of time and while I loved every second of it, I do think it drained me. I
also had stuff like GRL mixed in there, which sucks up a lot of time and
creative energy. It’s a fabulous time, but it can wipe me out. :)

The biggest key to writers block is not to stress over it when it
does come around. I avoid the stress by not contracting books before they’re
finished. If I have no due date, I have nothing to wig-out over when I do get
stuck. Walking away from the writing every now and then is usually the best
medicine for me: veg’ing out with a book, movie, spending a weekend on the
couch with Netflix and TV series marathon, chatting with friends online, on the
phone or in person–basically anything that takes me out of that writers head
space for a while.

What has
been the single most successful marketing tool you've used to date?

Gosh, that’s really difficult to say. I think for me, the best
marketing has been things I don’t really consider marketing, like GRL. I
realize part of the reason I’m there is to promote myself as an author, but for
the most part it’s not something that feels like work to me. I’ve always been a
bit of a social creature and writing is a very solitary occupation, so getting
away from the computer and spending time with people who enjoy the same things
I do seems more like a reward or a really cool perk.

What are you
currently reading?

Not much, who has the frickin’ time!?! I can barely squeeze in any
writing of my own at the moment.

How do you
measure success?

I don’t really think I try to measure my success. It’s kind of
pointless to a degree as there really is no central reporting of sales data, so
it’s impossible to ever truly know where I sit when compared to others. As long
as I enjoy what I do and can make a living doing it, I’d consider that success.

Just for fun–

What is your
favourite drink? Diet Coke and wine – red, white, hell…even
pink! If it comes from a grape and it has alcohol in it, I’ll drink it!

Are you a
cat or dog person? I’m an equal opportunity pet lover, though I
am allergic to cats so that takes some of the fun out of it, but they chase
imaginary bugs up the wall…how cool is that!?! I have a dog now, a Yorkie, but
she’s more hypoallergenic as Yorkie’s have hair and not fur. She’s adorable and
she totally rules the roost.

Love or
lust? Can’t we have both? :)

If you could
spend the day with any famous author, who would it be? And, why? Absolutely
none of them! I already know all about what they do…boring! Give me a hunky
marine, an astronaut, or a cat burglar…a nice one that won’t like kill me or
anything. That sounds way more interesting.

If you could
indulge free of any consequences, what would be your ultimate sexual fantasy? If I could
indulge free of any consequences, I’d wish to be able to eat as much chocolate
as I wanted and never get fat. I can’t think of anything sexual that I’d want
to do that I wouldn’t do if given the opportunity, lol.

Cain Elliott is a desperate man – on the
brink of losing La Terraza, the 1920’s Spanish style courtyard apartment
complex his grandmother left him in her will, he’s faced with the option of
selling to a real estate developer or losing the building outright, due to the
costs of upkeep that have now left him teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.

On the partnership fast-track at the
flashy architectural firm of Hamilton-Bach, Henry Abrams is new in town, a
little lonely and looking for inspiration. Tired of games and longing for
something real, Henry discovers the road to happiness could lie in the arms of
the sad, uncomplicated Cain Elliott.

Discovering that Hamilton-Bach
represents the mysterious entrepreneur attempting to purchase La Terraza,
combined with the self-doubt and mistrust over a love that develops too fast,
leave both men struggling to decide whether or not they can truly find…Love in
La Terraza.

Excerpt:

“Pardon me for interrupting,” a deep, sexy southern voice came
from behind Cain. “I couldn’t help but notice the entire table staring at me.”

Cain turned, looking upward at the man in question and trying his
best to not laugh. “Hiya.”

“No pardon needed.” Eddie stood up from the table while yanking on
Matt’s arm. “We were just leaving.”

Cain felt the heat flush his cheeks the instant Eddie had said it.

Not at all obvious.

Matt stood, clumsily. “Please take a seat, though. Cain was
planning to hang.”

Cain rolled his eyes. “And I’m just dying to keep you company,
sir. In exchange for taking me off their hands my daddies can offer you two
goats, a head of cattle and a skillet.”

Eddie was already shaking his head in disgust. “Please try and
stick around long enough to make it through the first act, Mr…?”

Cain thought he was kinda cute, standing there slightly awkward
for a moment as he tried to decide what to do with his hand now that it was
already out there. He tossed Henry a lifeline by taking it instead, shaking his
hand.

“The second act does have a bitchin’ musical number you don’t
wanna miss, Mr. Abrams. My name is Cain Elliott.”

“May I sit?” Henry asked as everyone said their goodbyes to Eddie
and Matt who scurried off into the crowd, whispering to one another.

“Please,” Nic said, smiling as if she were Cain’s self-appointed
social director, having completely missed the cues Eddie had thrown down like
gas on an already flaming forest fire.

Cain could tell Stu had not but wasn’t quite able to figure out a
subtle way to tell his wife they were now intruding upon and likely impeding
the sacred homo mating dance.

“So what is it you do, Henry?” Nic asked.

Cain could tell she was wired up and ready to play Debbie Drill
Sergeant, already commencing with the interrogation.

Henry started to answer, but Cain dreamily placed two fingertips
over the man’s lips.

He laughed to himself, realizing he’d had just enough alcohol to
make him fearless. “Let’s not do the whole, this is me and that is you
shakedown, gorgeous. I’m feeling like a little mystery might do me some good.
How about you?”

Henry’s forehead crinkled, as if he were thinking real hard about
whether or not he liked where this was going. His playful half smile told Cain
he was still amused if nothing else.

“We can always have share-time later, you know, after—if the sex
is hot, that is.”

Henry blushed, but he started to laugh. Cain could tell the man
knew he was at least half joking for the benefit of their audience across the
table.

“Well, what if he’s a serial killer or something?” Nic asked,
visibly disgusted with Cain.

“He most likely wouldn’t come out and say so just because you
asked him, dear.”

Nic started to object then must’ve realized Cain had a point.

“You aren’t a serial killer, right?” Cain muttered out of the
corner of his mouth.

“No, sir, I am not.” He smiled at Nic, pouring on the charm. “I
hereby solemnly swear to inflict no pain or suffering upon your good friend.”

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Blak Rayne is a best selling author of gay romance. She loves to write and believes it's one of the greatest forms of self-expression. What better way to see inside the human soul? Blak resides in Canada, and yes, she is a woman, wife and mother. She’s been writing and drawing since elementary school, and she loves anything that involves the arts. As for family, her daughter is her toughest critic and greatest support!

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